New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - In the first two books in this series, "Miriam Beckstein has gotten in touch with her roots and they have nearly strangled her. A young, hip, business journalist in Boston, she discovered that her family comes from an alternate reality, that she is very well-connected, and that her family is a lot too much like the mafia for comfort. In addition women are family property and are required to breed more family members." Now she is trying to start a business outside the family's reach. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-765309300.